Easel



A. R. BEAL. Easel.

No. 228,435. Patented June 8,1880.

Witnesses: I Inventor: Mww 5 Q M6 ERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. nc,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALPHA R. BEAL, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

EASEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,435, dated June 8,1880.

Application filed October 17, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ALPHA R. BEAL, of Newton, in the county of Middlesexand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Easels, of which the following is a specification.

In all ordinary easels, whether with fixed or movable legs, so far as Iknow, no arrangement has been devised so that by spreading the legs theblackboard, picture, or other object may be grasped at both top andbottom.

My invention consists in the application of buttons, clamps, or othersimilar device, either fixed or movable, to the front legs of the easel,so that by spreading these legs the blackboard, picture, or other objectis grasped, clamped, or held at both the top and bottom, and by closingthe legs it is released.

Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings represents the front elevation ofa three-legged easel opened and in use. A A are the front legs; B, therear leg. 0 O and D D are buttons or clamps, which grasp and support theframe E.

Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same;

B, the rear leg A, one ofthe front legs; 0 and D, buttons or clampsattached to A, and E the frame.

The legs of the easel are so fastened together at the top that they maybe closed or spread apart, and the buttons or clamps are so arrangedthat by spreading the legs A A the frame E is grasped or clamped at boththe top and bottom.

Having described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

The combination of the hinged front legs, A A, adapted to swing apart,with the upper clamps or equivalent devices, G C, and the lower clampsor equivalent devices, D D, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, in presence oftwo subscribing witnesses, on the 14th day of October, A. I). 1879.

A. R. BEAL.

In presence of- WARREN O. KYLE, CHARLES F. HALL.

